Doubtful opponents of Venezuela’s regional elections | Election Issues

Sunday’s election will be the first in four years that opposition parties have been vying for office

Opposition parties in Venezuela have been holding by-elections for the first time in almost four years.

Great criticism he refuses the last parliamentary and presidential election due to lack of free, fair and transparent elections but agreed to participate in the Sunday mayoral and ministerial elections after receiving some assurances from the government.

Sunday’s vote will be overseen by observers from around the European Union in about 1,000 of the 14,400 polling stations, the first such activity in Europe since 2006. A 100-person delegation was sent to Venezuela on Thursday.

The opposition won four state-of-the-art governance in 23 states when it participated in the last general election in 2017.

The turnout is expected to be low among the 21 million registered voters in the country.

Opposition leaders have tried to force the elect to run for office extreme poverty and the collapse of government operations, especially outside the Caracas capital. However, he is facing a very high battle against the well-chosen machines that are Maduro’s Socialist party.

“There is no water. There is no electricity. There is no food. We have nothing but hope, “Eva Prieto, a 52-year-old lawyer and attorney general, told Reuters at the closing ceremony of Manuel Rosales, who wants to become governor west of Zulia.

Rosales, a 68-year-old lawyer who served as Zulia’s governor between 2000 and 2008, is regarded by investigators as one of the most likely candidates for the presidency. Research predicts that opponents will also win in Tachira state, in the south.

Zulia, the capital of the Venezuelan oil industry, has been hit hard by the collapse, as well as the shortage of drinking water and gas, due to years of economic hardship.

“We will stop the destruction and Zulia will enter another part of her history,” Rosales told Reuters in Maracaibo, the state capital.

The protesters’ protests could also be hurt by doubts about the rights of some protesters from the Maduro government.

Opponents are accusing some people of deliberately competing with the Socialist Party in order to divide the opposition vote.

Some have expressed doubts as to whether the tolerance of the Maduro government – trying to find relief by punishing international sanctions – would lead to a fair vote.

Despite agreeing to run for office, the main opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) party has maintained that the elections are “not fair or permanent” because of the “major obstacles” imposed by the government.

Opposition leader Juan Guaido, meanwhile, has not spoken out in support of the opposition. Guaido was recognized as President by the US and its allies in 2019, but its support has diminished amidst the current economic crisis in the country.

In October, Maduro was suspended camels and members of the opposition, who have been mediators with Norway in Mexico City, want to end the conflict that the government has to deal with in the economic and social crisis that has affected the country.